Courses
Teaching
Allison has taught financial reporting to more than 3,700 graduate and 120 undergraduate students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and created and coordinates the school’s Corporate Financial Reporting course. Bracketed figures are average instructor evaluation scores, out of 5.0.
Executive MBA
Financial Accounting
2020–2022 · 3 cohorts · 157 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.96 / 5.0
MBA — Full-Time
Corporate Financial Reporting
2015–2019, 2021–2023, 2025 · 36 cohorts · 2,311 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.90 / 5.0
Financial Reporting Fundamentals
2012–2013 · 4 cohorts · 264 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.69 / 5.0
Reporting and Analysis of Financial Information (co-taught)
2012–2014 · 12 cohorts · 776 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.50 / 5.0
MBA — Evening
Corporate Financial Reporting
2022, 2024–2026 · 8 cohorts · 355 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.88 / 5.0
MBA — Evening–Online
Corporate Financial Reporting
2024–2026 · 3 cohorts · 143 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.89 / 5.0
Undergraduate
Introduction to Financial Accounting
2012 · 3 sections · 120 students · avg. instructor evaluation 4.80 / 5.0
Awards & Recognition
2024 Favorite EMBA Professor — Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest Executive MBA
Named a favorite professor by a member of Georgetown’s 2024 Best & Brightest EMBA class, who credited her ability to break down a vast, complicated subject and make it informative and useful.
2024 MBA Excellence in Teaching Award — McDonough School of Business
One of two faculty recognized for excellence in teaching both in and out of the classroom and a demonstrated commitment to student learning.
2020 Joseph F. Lemoine Award for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Excellence
Sole recipient of the only business school–wide teaching award bestowed on a full-time McDonough faculty member.
2020 Favorite MBA Professor — Poets & Quants, Class of 2020
Named a favorite professor by Georgetown’s MBA Class of 2020.
2019 MBA Excellence in Teaching Award — McDonough School of Business
One of two faculty recognized for excellence in teaching both in and out of the classroom and a demonstrated commitment to student learning.
2016 40-Under-40 Most Outstanding Business School Professors — Poets & Quants
Recognized among the world’s most outstanding business school professors under the age of 40.
2016 Favorite Business School MBA Professor — Poets & Quants
Named a favorite MBA professor, noted for teaching accounting effectively to students from both CPA and non-business backgrounds.
2014 Ronald L. Smith Distinguished Service Award — McDonough School of Business
Sole faculty recipient, recognized for distinguished service to the MBA class by going above and beyond to support students’ academic and professional success.